King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

In the imperial prison.

As the slightly timid voice of the Jinyiwei captain sounded.

Zhu Gaoxu's expression darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the atmosphere in the whole room became depressing at this moment.

Should we wait for the return of Jinyiwei chief commander Ji Gang and only release the person with his consent?
Moreover, these words were what Ji Gang ordered when he left the imperial prison.

In this regard.

Zhu Gaoxu sneered, and slowly opened his half-closed eyes, staring straight at the Jinyiwei centurion who had rejected him. His expression was gloomy and his words were cold. Then he sneered and said in a deep voice:

"hehe."

"What if I, as a prince and regent, insist on taking him away?"

"What?"

"Are you going to stop me?"

"Or, are you going to attack me?"

"Ok?"

"answer me."

In an instant.

An incomparable strong aura rose from Zhu Gaoxu's body and pressed down on the Jinyiwei captain who was only a few steps away from him with lightning speed.

Sudden changes.

The captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was stunned on the spot.

Feeling the atmosphere around him, as well as Zhu Gaoxu's changing expressions and the gazes falling on him, he shuddered involuntarily and subconsciously took several steps back. He slowly lowered his head and dared not look up at all. He didn't know when, but his forehead was already covered with cold sweat, which kept sliding down his cheeks.

For a moment, he didn't know what to do or how to answer this question.

On one side are the strong demands and orders from his immediate superior, and on the other side is the most powerful prince of the Ming Dynasty. When His Majesty goes on an expedition to the northern desert, the person appointed as the regent can exercise the imperial power on His Majesty's behalf, which is truly intimidating.

Agree or disagree?

If I agree, my boss will definitely cause trouble for me.

Among the Jinyiwei, there is no way he can fall behind in the later period.

What's worse, because of this incident, it is very likely that he will be demoted to a remote place or assigned to deal with some dangerous matters.

I don't agree.

Zhu Gaoxu, the prince of the Ming Dynasty and now the regent, holds the regent token bestowed by His Majesty. Seeing the token is like seeing the emperor. His orders are his will. If he disagrees and objects, what is the difference between that and disobeying the emperor's order?
If you were hated by such a ruthless person who holds real power.

Future words
If Zhu Gaoxu wanted to find an opportunity to deal with him, it would be a piece of cake and there would be no difficulty at all.

It can be said.

No matter whether it was Ji Gang, the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, or Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han in front of him.

Neither of them was someone that a mere Jinyiwei captain like him could contend against.

His life and death were also in the hands of these two people.

There is absolutely no chance of resistance.

As for the current situation, he couldn't help but fall into a dilemma for a moment. He didn't know how to answer this question and what to do about the current situation.

It can be said that he felt like crying but had no tears!
At the same time, he couldn't help but think that when Ji Gang arranged the people to stay behind today, he didn't want to take the risk of going to search, so he excitedly took on this seemingly safe task as quickly as possible when all his colleagues were still unable to react.

结果
He had planned everything, but never dreamed that something like this would happen.

He couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart:
"Hey"

"Why am I so stupid?"

"Why did you take on this task so eagerly?"

"If I had known this would happen, I would have gone out with them."

“Absolutely”

"You're shooting yourself in the foot."

"A dumb person cannot express his pain even when eating coptis root."

At this moment.

He finally understood.

Why did Ji Gang and his Jinyiwei colleagues look at him with such strange eyes when he was so excited to take on this task?

It seems that everyone knows that this is definitely not a good thing.

It is very likely that some powerful people will be involved.

This will definitely offend some people.

结果
He was stupid and crazy, and he took on the task self-righteously.

He was still very pleased with himself, thinking he had gotten a good deal.

He finally understood the feeling now.

How can this be a bargain?

This is a death warrant that could take someone’s life!
This is not
He is now caught between the conflicting orders of Ji Gang and Zhu Gaoxu. If he chooses one of them, he will inevitably offend the other one. He is really confused and upset.

If it wasn't inappropriate, he would have been unable to hold back and wanted to curse.

Inside the venue.

At this moment, it was eerily quiet and dauntingly cold.

The sound of heavy and rapid breathing lingered in the hall.

"answer me!"

"Yes or no."

Seeing that he had fallen into silence, as if he had lost his soul, Zhu Gaoxu felt very unhappy, so he naturally didn't look at him well, and questioned him harshly with a gloomy look.

About it.

It’s no wonder that Zhu Gaoxu was so anxious.

It is true.

He originally wanted to create a time difference with Ji Gang.

Try to get the person out as quickly as possible.

After all, although he did not participate in or take part in this large-scale raid, he knew who was present during the raid, and he was not unclear about it.

otherwise.

Once waiting for Ji Gang to return to the imperial prison.

God knows what Ji Gang would think about this matter.

You know, Ji Gang is not a fool.

Judging from his actions today, he might have a rough idea in his mind and knew the identity of the person he mentioned.

Moreover, in the past short period of time, what Ji Gang has always wanted to do most is to bury the current power in his hands.

Then
Could Ji Gang let go of this hard-earned opportunity?
Will they really let him go so easily?
Rather than making everyone look bad, it would be better for him to take advantage of the time difference and take Ji Gang away ahead of time before Ji Gang is in prison. This is actually the best decision in this matter.

then.

Even if Ji Gang came back, he would know the current situation from the people below.

Anyway, the person has already been taken away.

By then, you can just make up an identity of this or that kind, or find any seemingly reasonable reason to get away with it.

After all, there is no one left.

Even if Ji Gang had great abilities, he would not be able to cause any trouble in this matter, and there was no way to deal with him, so he would have to swallow this loss in silence.

"Your Majesty"

"I am just a small centurion."

"This, this, this"

"I really do, really do."

"This matter is not up to me, but the order of the commander-in-chief."

"or."

"Please, please sit down for a moment."

"May I go and inform you personally and ask for your instructions?"

"If that is not the case, it would be really difficult for me to do this."

"That's when."

"There is definitely no way to explain it."

"I beg you, Your Majesty, to forgive me."

Say it.

He was extremely respectful and ran straight to Zhu Gaoxu's position and knelt down.

It sounds nice though.

However, the rejection in his words was already apparent, and it also meant that he had already made his choice.

He chose to obey the order of Ji Gang, the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

In this regard.

If you think about it, you can understand why.

As the saying goes: A county magistrate is not as good as a current manager.

Zhu Gaoxu's status and position were really high, so high that it was out of his reach and made him terrified.

However, the Jinyiwei is a very special organization.

They are the emperor's lackeys, monitor the world for the emperor, and serve the emperor directly.

In his opinion, even if the King of Han had great abilities, he would not dare to go too far when dealing with the Jinyiwei, a special agency.

Moreover, he himself was also doing things according to orders.

But Ji Gang was completely different, he was the highest leader of the Jinyiwei. If he went against his will.

Even if he chose the King of Han now, with the King of Han's ability, he might not be able to stop Ji Gang from playing dirty tricks in the dark.

After all, Jinyiwei is Ji Gang's territory, and Ji Gang is the ruler here, not King of Han Zhu Gaoxu.

to this end.

After several struggles between his conscience and his desires and weighing various events, he finally made the final decision and choice. Without any hesitation, the scales in his heart tipped towards Ji Gang.

Get a definite answer.

Zhu Gaoxu's face was as gloomy as water, and he stared coldly at the Jinyiwei captain who was kneeling in front of him and trembling constantly.

Here.

He knew that his coercion and threats were ineffective.

It had no effect on the person in front of him except for scaring him.

He also did not achieve the results he wanted.

This made him extremely upset, but there was nothing he could do.

What can I do?
It's impossible that he killed the person in front of him?

Or, in other words, he would just break in regardless of the consequences and enter the imperial prison to arrest someone?

Realistic?
Naturally it is unrealistic.

If we really do that, once this matter gets out.

Tomorrow, God knows how many people will report to Zhu Di who is thousands of miles away.

More than that.

In such a huge Jinyiwei prison, so many people were arrested today.

If there hadn't been the cooperation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he would have searched aimlessly.

Even if the Jinyiwei didn't stop him, when would he find the way?
It is very likely that others have not been found yet.

Ji Gang has already returned to the Jinyiwei prison.

What’s the point?
Don’t we still have to confront Ji Gang?

Dele.

Now that you're here, just wait!
At the same time, he was also very curious about how Ji Gang would deal with the current situation.

Should I break up with him, or what...

that's it.

It didn't take long.

Da da da……

Not far away, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded.

dong dong dong...

There was a rapid knock on the closed door.

"Come in!"

Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting upright in a chair with his eyes half closed, suddenly opened his eyes and spoke.

then.

Ji Gang and the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi walked in from outside the door.

The two people who entered couldn't help but change their expressions when they saw the Jinyiwei captain crawling on the ground and trembling.

Zhu Gaochi frowned slightly and asked first:
"Second brother..."

"What's the matter with you?"

"What happened?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the two people who came in succession, and a sneer appeared on his slightly raised mouth. He did not answer their question immediately, but asked in return:
"Have you arrested all the people?"

After hearing this.

Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment, then nodded, then shook his head and said:
"almost."

"Inside the city, with everyone's cooperation."

"Almost all those who should be cleaned up and arrested have been arrested."

"If nothing else happens."

"Those Japanese bandits hiding in the dark should be among those captured during this trip."

"But who exactly are these people? This requires Jinyiwei to interrogate and identify them before we can give a definite answer."

"but……"

He paused, pointed at the Jinyiwei crawling on the ground, and continued:

"Second brother..."

"You haven't answered me yet."

"What on earth happened?"

"Shouldn't you tell me about this?"

Having said that.

In this regard.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't believe that the Crown Prince and Ji Gang had come one after another and he didn't know what had happened.

but…

Since he wanted to play dumb, Zhu Gaoxu did not say anything to point it out.

He spoke directly and frankly, describing in detail to the two people in front of him what he had just said.

Say it.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows suddenly, stared straight at the two people in front of him, and sneered:
"Just right."

"Boss... Ji Gang..."

"You two are here."

"I don't know. We want to bring our people back. We want to release our people."

"What do you two think about this matter?"

"Agree or not?"

"Yes or no?"

This statement came out.

Zhu Gaochi and Ji Gang looked at each other, and their expressions froze.

In fact, everyone knows exactly what is happening right now and what is going on.

Knowing is one thing, agreeing or disagreeing is another.

After all, we are all human beings!

Everyone has his own little plans and calculations, and conflicts of interest are involved.

After a brief pause, Zhu Gaochi's expression suddenly changed. With a hint of smile on his face, he quickly walked to Zhu Gaoxu's side, stretched out his hand and put his arm around his shoulders, saying:

"Second brother! Second child!"

"I thought it was something else!"

"Isn't it just mentioning someone?"

"It's not impossible."

"But...Second brother, you have to understand the current situation."

Having said this, he paused, then suddenly changed the subject and continued with great earnestness:

"Of course... Let me make it clear first, it's not that I don't trust you, or don't believe you."

"I think you also know that this matter has taken us so long and mobilized so many people."

"Those who are taken to the Imperial Prison are all abnormal people."

"Since you are in the Jinyiwei prison, you still have to follow the procedures according to the Jinyiwei uniform."

"Otherwise, what if...the two people who were arrested did something that you didn't know about."

"It's better to be safe than sorry!"

“In this way, everyone can feel assured and at ease.”

"Are you right?"

Yo ho.

At first glance, this sounds like nothing wrong.

But we are all old foxes and people with clear minds. How can we not understand what the other person is thinking?
When Zhu Gaochi said this, how was his thinking different from Ji Gang's?
to be honest.

Isn't it just that he wants to use this opportunity to do something to see if he can pry open a gap in the power in his hands?
After all, his power, in all these years, has been the best hidden among all others.

Although everyone knew that he had this power, no one had ever been able to find any clues.

So, now, the opportunity finally comes.

The prince now became extremely impatient.

However, Zhu Gaoxu had already made the fastest plan for such a thing when he arrived, and he had also thought about the possibility of such a thing happening.

to this end.

But I didn't get too angry about it.

After a brief silence, Zhu Gaoxu looked around meaningfully at the prince in front of him, who was smiling and saying, "I'm doing this for your own good." Then he raised the corner of his mouth slightly and asked with a half-smile:

"Boss"

"Have you thought this through?"

"Are you sure you want to do this?" (End of chapter)